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Iowa special education rules on access to instructional materials: timely delivery of accessible-format materials by area education agencies, local educational agencies and other public agencies
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- If you are an area education agency, a local educational agency or any other public agency in Iowa that purchases print instructional materials, acquire them for children who are blind or visually impaired or have other print disabilities in the manner subrule 41.210(3) sets out, and ensure delivery of those materials to those children in a timely manner (281 IAC 41.210(1) and 41.172(2)).
- Ensure that children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats, but who fall outside the definition of persons who are blind or visually impaired or have other print disabilities or who need materials that cannot be produced from National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard files, receive those materials in a timely manner, meaning at the same time as other children receive instructional materials (281 IAC 41.210(2) and 41.172(1)(b)).
- Provide instructional materials to persons who are blind or visually impaired or have other print disabilities in a timely manner (281 IAC 41.210(3)(b)).
- If you are the Iowa Department of Education, work collaboratively, to the maximum extent possible, with the state agency responsible for assistive technology programs in carrying out the rule on access to instructional materials (281 IAC 41.172(3)).
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What this law does
Under rule 281-41.210(1) of the Iowa Administrative Code, an area education agency, a local educational agency or any other public agency that purchases print instructional materials must acquire them for children who are blind or visually impaired or have other print disabilities in a manner consistent with subrule 41.210(3) and must ensure delivery of those materials to those children in a timely manner.
Rule 281-41.172(1) defines a timely manner as delivering accessible instructional materials at the same time as other children receive instructional materials.
Rule 281-41.210(2) leaves each such agency responsible for ensuring that children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats, but fall outside the print-disability definition or need materials that cannot be produced from files in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, receive those materials in a timely manner. Rule 281-41.172(2) requires all public agencies to comply with rule 281-41.210.
Rule 281-41.172(3) requires the Department of Education, in carrying out the rule, to work collaboratively with the state agency responsible for assistive technology programs to the maximum extent possible. The State Board of Education rescinded Chapter 41 and adopted a new chapter with the same title. The rules took effect on .
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